SAMSUNG GALAXY S8 renders have appeared online, showcasing what could be the final design of the highly-anticipated smartphone. The images are based on recent rumours, and show Samsung ditching the physical Home Button, alongside a new edge-to-edge display technology.

Samsung Galaxy S8 - Leaked photos, concept images, and renders

Sun, January 1, 2017

Samsung Galaxy S8 looks set to be the smartphone to beat this year. Following a swathe of rumours from the Chinese supply chain, a number of graphic designers have cooked-up high-resolution renders of what the smartphone could look like, when it launches in the UK in April 2017

Samsung Galaxy S8 will get a dramatic new design, with no buttons, and an edge-t

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Samsung Galaxy S8 will reportedly ditch its physical buttons in favour of an edge-to-edge display

Samsung Galaxy S8 looks set to be the smartphone to beat in 2017.

By the time the phone launches in April, it will have been a full two years since Samsung's flagship phone underwent a substantial facelift – with the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge being more of a subtle refinement of the design debuted with the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge.

But Samsung now appears to be preparing a major design overhaul for its next device.

Following a swathe of rumours from the Chinese supply chain, graphic designer Veniamin Geskin has cooked-up several high-resolution renders of what the Samsung Galaxy S8 will most likely look like.

And if the Galaxy S8 looks anything like these renders, it is sure to be a hit.

Mr Geskin has fleshed-out a number of whispers around the new phone, including the fact that Samsung is purportedly looking to drop all physical buttons from the front of the device. Two capacitive keys flanking an elongated home button have long been a staple of Samsung phone and tablet design.

Now it appears Samsung customers will need to become accustomed to pressing on-screen virtual buttons.

There is an advantage to moving away from physical keys.

It is believed the decision to ditch the capacitive buttons will allow Samsung to reduce the bezels at the bottom of the device.

This will allow the South Korean firm to bring the high-resolution display to the very base of the chassis – like it currently does with the sides of its curved S7 Edge screen.

VENIAMIN GESKIN • TWITTER

The latest renders are all based on rumours from reliable sources within Samsung

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The bezels around the display will be narrowed, thanks to the new industrial design

The Galaxy S8 is expected to launch in two models, one with a 5.1 inch dual-curved display, the other with 5.5 inches – the same screen sizes as the Galaxy S7s.

However the edge-to-edge display will enable the large-screen devices to occupy a smaller footprint than rival phones.

Unlike the Galaxy S7 range, there will be no separate curved Edge model. Instead, both smartphones will have the curved display.

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The Galaxy S7 Edge, LEFT, and S6 Edge, RIGHT, share a very similar industrial design

The latest report from AndroidPolice also reiterates previous rumours that Samsung will nab one of the headline features of the latest generation iPhones – 3D Touch.

The South Korean company will implement the technology with its new on-screen navigation buttons, which users will reportedly be able to customise.

Samsung will have to adapt the Android operating system itself, since the mobile software has not yet been updated by Google to support the technology.

APPLE

Apple includes a number of important features under its pressure sensitive screen push

Rumours of Android manufacturers looking to jump on the pressure-sensitive bandwagon first came to light more than a year ago when Synaptics issued a press release touting that it had developed a ClearForce touchscreen display controller capable of measuring varying levels of pressure.

Aside from the pressure sensitive display, Samsung is also relocate the fingerprint scanner to the rear of the phone.